The Woolly mammoth was a relative of modern elephants and along with the Mastodon (another prehistoric elephant-like beast), were the largest land animals after the dinosaurs disappeared. Mammoths seemed to flourish in the ice age and were well adapted to the cold. They had long, shaggy fur coats and layers of fat to insulate them. They were plant eaters who became extinct less than 10,000 years ago. In fact, mammoths are found in near pristine condition in the far north frozen in the ice. Efforts are currently under way to clone a mammoth and if successful, it would mark the first time that an extinct prehistoric creature has been brought back to life.[1]

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